My go-to literature for the aeroplane and sun-lounger tends to be true crime and thrillers. In the evenings and when commuting I lean towards anything from the Victorian era or…
It was the question I was dreading. I was halfway through a video call with the wonderful Emma Brian, the Haggie Partners HR manager, and somehow I thought I had…
Nestled on a leafy green in an area that is constantly struggling to decide if it is Hackney or Islington is the UK’s oldest terraced house. A nice if inconsequential…
For many years, my dad has had the pleasure of working at Haggie Partners and I always knew he really enjoyed it, but I have never fully understood what he…
It’s 37 years since I turned up in EC3 for my first day as a fresh-faced insurance broker. Barring short working stints broking in New York and Singapore in the…
By Ellie Davy On the 20th of June Haggie Partners hosted a group of communications and insurance professionals for lunch to discuss the future of the UK economy and its…
Just before Christmas last year, I had the amazing opportunity to visit New York with my family. It was a whirlwind tour. We were there for just three days so…
On the 13th of July 1907, Leo Baekeland filed a patent application for Bakelite, the first wholly synthetic plastic. The invention of Bakelite is widely considered the birth of modern-day…
Following the publication of Spare, a book about an ex-royal’s self-professed irrelevance, JR Moehringer is, for now at least, probably the most well-known and talked-about ghostwriter on the planet. Only…
Last year I wrote a blog about my feelings of anxiety in the workplace. I was surprised, but extremely flattered when friends, family and colleagues alike told me how they…